1988 Division II College World Series

The 1988 Division II College World Series was held at Paterson Field in Montgomery, AL. The six schools qualified by winning one of six regional tournaments. The tournament was won by Florida Southern College, coached by Chuck Anderson. The runner-up was the Sacramento St. . Florida Southern outfielder Chris Leach was named the series Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Armstrong State College	Independent	42-13	Joe Roberts	0 (last:none)	none
California State University, Sacramento	Independent	43-21	John Smith	1 (last:1986)	3rd
Florida Southern College	Sunshine State Conference	48-10 (16-4)	Chuck Anderson	14 (last:1985)	1st
Jacksonville State University	Gulf South Conference	41-11 (11-1)	Rudy Abbott	3 (last:1983)	2nd
Lewis University	Great Lakes Valley Conference	46-19	Irish O'Rielly	0 (last:none)	none
University of New Haven	New England Collegiate Conference	32-7 (10-2)	Frank Vieira	10 (last:1987)	3rd

Results

1988 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
		Florida Southern	5
		New Haven	2				Florida Southern	11
							Armstrong St.	9
		Sacramento St.	3									Florida Southern	9
		Jacksonville St.	0									Sacramento St.	2
							Sacramento St.	5														Florida Southern	5	x
							Lewis	3														Sacramento St.	4	x
		Lewis	5														Sacramento St.	8
		Armstrong St.	4									Lewis	6				Lewis	2
							New Haven	8				New Haven	1
							Jacksonville St.	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 27
Game 1	Florida Southern College	5 - 2	University of New Haven
Game 2	California State University, Sacramento	3 - 0	Jacksonville State University
May 28
Game 3	Lewis University	5 - 4	Armstrong State College
Game 4	University of New Haven	8 - 7	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville St. elminated
May 29
Game 5	Florida Southern College	11 - 9	Armstrong State College	Armstrong St. elminated
Game 6	California State University, Sacramento	5 - 3	Lewis University
Game 7	Lewis University	6 - 1	University of New Haven	New Haven elminated
May 30
Game 8	Florida Southern College	9 - 2	California State University, Sacramento
Game 9	Sacramento St.	8 - 2	Lewis University	Lewis elminated
May 31
Game 10	Florida Southern College	5 - 4	California State University, Sacramento	Florida Southern wins CWS